Given name & surname
Barlaam
Barlaam is a masculine given name. It is used in English, Italian, and Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
Barlaam’s family of names
Barlaam has a related form in Barlam.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Barlaam
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Barlaam, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Balaam
“swallowing up the people” · “destroyer of people”
78% boys · 22% girls
Bishlam
“in peace” · “son of peace”
>99% boys
Barkan
Barkan is a surname from Hebrew.
>99% boys
Balak
“empty” · “devastator”
>99% boys
Abrám
Abrám is a given name from Hebrew. It is used in Irish.
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Bazluth
“stripping” · “onion”
>99% boys
Bavvai
“wisher” · “with the desire of Yah”
>99% boys
Barkos
“son after his father”
>99% boys